v. Obs. rare. Pa. pple. enfraint. [ad. OF. enfraindre (F. enfreindre):—L. īnfringĕre, f. in (see IN-) + frangĕre to break.] trans. To violate (a promise, an obligation).
1475. Caxton, Jason, 63 b. Ofte times they [promises] ben enfrainte and broken. Ibid. (1483), G. de la Tour, xcviii. 129. She hadde … enfraynt her mariage, for the whiche she shulde be bete with stones. Ibid., cxliii. 203. This commaundement I have enfrayned and broken.
